start out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer le début d'un voyage, d'une carrière ou d'un processus, souvent avec une intention particulière ou un état initial.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the beginning of a journey, career, or process, often with a specific intention or initial state.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Begin a journeyformal

   To leave a place to begin a trip or journey.

   Se mettre en route

   • We started out early in the morning to avoid traffic.
   • They started out on their road trip across the country.
   • She started out from home at dawn.

   Synonymesdepartembarkget goingleaveset offset outstart-off

   Antonymesarrivefinishreturn

2. Begin a career or activityformal

   To begin a particular type of job, career, or activity.

   Commencer une carrière ou une activité

   • He started out as a junior assistant in the company.
   • She started out her career in journalism.
   • Many famous musicians started out playing in small clubs.

   Synonymesbegincommenceembarklaunchset outtake up

3. Initial intention or planinformal

   To have a particular intention or plan at the beginning of something.

   avoir l'intention initiale

   • I started out wanting to be a doctor, but changed my mind.
   • They started out with the idea of building a small house.
   • She started out thinking it would be easy, but it wasn't.

   Synonymesaimbeginintendplanset out

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